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Sword identification, anyone help?

imasmeasmecanbe · 2012-08-13 16:00:54

I was wondering if anyone here could give me some more information about asword I have inherited. It belonged to my great-grandfather but we'd don't seem to know much more. He was in the British army and received an MCE if that is any help

13-08-2012 4:00pm

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imasmeasmecanbe

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I was wondering if anyone here could give me some more information about asword I have inherited. It belonged to my great-grandfather but we'd don't seem to know much more. He was in the British army and received an MCE if that is any help

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#2 13-08-2012 4:03pm

imasmeasmecanbe

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A few more pictures

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#3 13-08-2012 7:05pm

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Its the 1892 British Infantry Officers Pattern sword. The blade length is 978mm.
Cheers.
Tom.

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#4 13-08-2012 11:27pm

imasmeasmecanbe

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Fantastic, great to know something more about it

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